95-12CC A Distant High Snowy Mountain Christmas CardOn October 29, 1792, Lt. William Robert Broughton, of Vancouver's command, the first known white man to see Mount Hood, made the comment: "A very distant, high snowy mountain now appeared, rising beautifully conspicuous in the midst of an extensive tract of low, or moderately elevated land… ." Lt. Broughton named the mountain after Lord Samuel Hood. Lord Hood entered the Royal Navy in 1741 as a Captain's servant, and rose to become a member of England's Board of Admiralty, receiving many high honors before he died at the great age of 92.The elk shown here are moving from high elevations to the lower valleys to spend the winter. When spring calving time comes, they will begin their trek back to higher elevations. Elk herds in this region, and especially in the Mount St. Helens area (to the north of Mount Hood), are growing dramatically. Elk, like most other wildlife, depend on regenerated forests to sustain their herds. The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens resulted in vast salvaging of downed timber on private land. The planting of a new forest afforded an abundance of renewed plant life. The balance of the St. Helens area is owned by the Federal Government and has been declared a National Monument; no downed federal timber has been removed nor any trees planted. The official height of Mount Hood is 11,237 feet (1981). |
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